Entrepreneurs launching or expanding digital commerce ventures are encouraged to register to Pitch during this event.

Ten finalists in the BlueSnap-Elance Entrepreneur Development Contest will be pitching and six entrepreneurs will be awarded one year scholarships to the 1M/1M premium program courtesy of BlueSnap and Elance.

Itinerary:

8-8:05 a.m. PDT - Welcome and introductions

8:05-9:40 a.m. PDT - 10 entrepreneur pitches

9:40-9:55 a.m. PDT - Sramana Mitra explains 1M/1M, audience Q&A

9:55-10 a.m. PDT - Winners announced, closing remarks

As part of the 1M/1M initiative, Sramana Mitra offers these FREE online 1M/1M roundtables to entrepreneurs interested in discussing positioning, financing, and other aspects of a start-up venture. Using Webex Events, the selected entrepreneurs will be able to pitch their businesses and all other attendees can join in on the conversations via a live chat.

Sramana requests that entrepreneurs who are pitching use the Clarify Your Story appendix of her Positioning book to prepare. You can find the excerpt here.

You can find more information and dates for other upcoming roundtables here: http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/

Recordings and recaps of previous roundtables with Sramana Mitra are available here.

About BlueSnap

BlueSnap is a global provider of open Cloud Commerce technology and services that meet the rapidly changing needs of today’s digital brands, helping companies of all sized optimize customer engagement to maximize revenue. BlueSnap offers flexible monetization solutions that allow companies to create competitive advantage. Built on proven technology that leverages more than a decade of digital commerce expertise, BlueSnap provides a compliant and secure business environment that scales the consumer experience and turns browsers into buyers. For more information visit www.bluesnap.com.

About Elance

Elance, the world’s leading platform for online employment, helps businesses hire and manage in the cloud. For businesses looking to staff-up a team on an hourly or project basis, Elance offers instant access to talent and the ability to build and manage entire teams online. For independent professionals who want to work online, Elance offers access to qualified clients, a virtual workplace and guaranteed pay for great work. The company is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, California and Oslo, Norway. For more information, visit Elance at www.elance.com.

About Sramana

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy, and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. She has a masters degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.